The 7th AZ International Open of BJJ will take place on March 3rd & 4th at the Phoenix College (North Gym) located at 1202 W. Thomas Rd., Phoenix, AZ 8013.

The 7th AZ International Open of BJJ will take place on March 3rd & 4th at the Phoenix College (North Gym) located at 1202 W. Thomas Rd., Phoenix, AZ 8013.

BLACK OPEN CLASS DIVISION is back! There will be a Black Belt Open class division paying $3000 in Prizes! First place winner will receive $2500, while the 2nd place will receive $500. BJJ Fans will enjoy a weekend of competition and watch high caliber black belt matches with some of the best competitors in the world. Last year,  Roberto “Tussa” Alencar(NM/Gracie Barra) defeated Bruno Bastos (TX/Nova Uniao)  in the final match of the 16 Men Bracket.

Registration will be available in January.

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Last October 23 and 24, Phoenix, Arizona, hosted the 3rd Southwest Classic, a Jiu-Jitsu tournament that this year paid out trips to the 2012 European Open Championship to the winners of the two black belt divisions. Augusto “Tanquinho” Mendes and Marcel Fortuna won light and heavyweight absolutes, respectively.

In the team contest, Gustavo Dantas Jiu-Jitsu (GDJJ) took the first-place trophy, with BJJ Revolution winning the one for second, John Crouch JJ for third, Lopez JJ for fourth, and Gracie Humaita bringing in fifth.

And UFC lightweight contender Ben Henderson was also there to put in an appearance in the gi, winning double gold as a brown belt.

For complete results, click here.

Check out the highlights from the Jiu-Jitsu fest:

Black Belt winners Augusto Mendes and Marcel Fortuna with Gustavo Dantas

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Nova União’s Gustavo Dantas wears a lot of hats – and wears them all to perfection. He’s the vice president of the AZSBJJF, he’s the professor and mentor to hist students at Gustavo Dantas Jiu-Jitsu (GDJJ) academy, and he is also the owner of GDJJ events, which puts on four major Jiu-Jitsu tournaments a year. Last weekend was his 3rd Southwest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu tournament.

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The competitor's t-shirt designed by AGGRO Fight Gear

SCHEDULE

We will be running 6 mats, so the tournament will go a lot faster! Be there on time!

PARKING INFO

The North Parking lot (Thomas and 11th ave.) is closer to the North Gym.

Saturday October 22nd

Spectator Fee: $10

• 9:00 am – Doors Open
• 10:00 am – White Belts, Kindergarten, Pre- Teen (Rooster to Feather)
• 10:20 am – White Belts, Pre-Teen (Light & up)Jr. Teen (Rooster to Light)
• 10:50 am – White Belts, Jr. Teen (Middle & up) and Teen.
• 11:20 am – Grey & Yellow Belts, Kindergarten, Pre-Teen and Jr. Teen
• 12:00 pm – Grey & Yellow Belts, Teen and All Orange and Green belts.

• 1:30 pm – Adult Male Blue Belts (Rooster to Middle)
• 2:15 pm – Adult Blue Belt (Medium Heavy to Ultra Heavy), All Master Blue Belt
• 2:45 pm – Juvenile (Blue Belt), Women (Blue Belt)
• 3:00 pm – Senior Blue Belt & All Open Classes.

Photo By: Andrew Koeller

The 3rd Southwest Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Classic will take place on October 22nd and 23rd at the Phoenix College (North Gym) located at 1202 W. Thomas Rd., Phoenix, AZ 8013. Two tickets to the 2012 European Jiu-Jitsu Championship in Lisbon, Portugal, are on the line for the Adult Black Belt Division Open Light Weight (Under 167.5 lbs) and over Open Heavy Weight (Over 167.5 lbs).

The Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu competition will offer kids, juveniles, Adult (Male and Female), Masters and Senior Divisions.

Full info available at http://www.strongvon.com/southwestbjj3/

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Photo by Andrew Koeller

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Tempe, Arizona, saw its fair share of action last weekend, when Gustavo Dantas’s Arizona Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu State Championship rolled into town. Three thousand dollars was up for grabs between the winners of the two black belt divisions, further upping the already scalding hot temperature in the region.

Among the big standouts was 2011 Pan-American champion Caio Terra (Gracie Fighter), who took the decision over Osvaldo Augusto “Queixinho” (Soul Fighters) in the light absolute decider. Now number one in the heavy absolute was Marcel Fortuna (Ralph Gracie), who overcame Brazilian champion Daniel Garcia (Nova União) in the grand finale.

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2011 Arizona State BJJ Championship. The competition will take place on June 25th and 26th at the Marcos De Niza High School located at 6000 S. Lakeshore Dr. Tempe, AZ 85283 . For the first time the event will be ran with 6 competition areas! We are expecting around 800 competitors! Click here for more info.

Liam Thrun won the Nintendo Wii

April 23rd marked the 3rd installment of the Arizona BJJ Kids Cup. Gathering 260 competitors from all over Arizona, California, and Las Vegas in Mesa, AZ, it was a fun and competition filled day. The division drawing the most competition was the Male, White belt, Pre Teen, Rooter division with a staggering 15 competitors. Nathaniel Rae of Primero BJJ and Blake Mavity of Bambusa MMA both fought 3 matches before meeting in the finals, a task that would be challenging to even an adult competitor, with Nathaniel being the victor of the stacked division. 2 lucky kids had a chance to win either Nintendo Wii or Sony PS3 and Liam Thrun (GD Jiu-Jitsu) and Daylen Blau (Lopez Jiu-Jitsu) were excited to hear their numbers being called in the raffle. Liam , who won the Wii, had a great day as he also won gold in the 2nd largest division of the day, the Male, White belt, Kindergarten, Feather division with a total of 8 competitors, winning all his 3 matches by submission. Daylen won the PS3 and also did a great job in competition as he placed 3rd in the always tough Male, Orange belt, Teen, Middle division. It was tough competition between the teams in attendance, but after a back and forth battle between MMA Lab and GD Jiu-Jitsu, the Lab was able to pull away to secure the #1 spot on the podium with GD Jiu-Jitsu taking 2nd. The fight for 3rd and 4th was also very close with Siege MMA/Lotus Club coming up on top of Gracie Humaita. 5th place was secured by a new team as East West MMA made it to the Top 5 for the very first time with only 11 competitors.

Click here for the full results

Check out the 2011 School Rankings for the Adult and Kids Division for this season. So far the Ranking  includes results from the 6th AZ International Open. Team names CAN NOT be changed during the season. IE.: Instructor starting a program in a different school, and using a different Team name. The points WILL NOT be transfered.

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